#Marvel Age Annual Vol. 1

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"BASIC BLACK LEATHER IS RIGHT FOR MOST JOBS, BUT SOMETIMES EVENING WEAR IS REQUIRED."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 690x1024 -- Spotlight on a "Dakota North Investigations" Vol. 1 Paper Doll cut-out, also doubling as a promotional advertisement for the "Dakota North" Vol. 1 limited comic book series, c. 1986. Artwork by series co-creator Tony Salmons. Colors by Gerry Turnbull.

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X-Month Finale: My Top 10 X-Runs

Welcome one and all to the grand finale of X-Month. A thing or two got changed and moved around but i'm overall proud of how it went this time. We've looked at darkwing duck, the greatest x-men cartoon ever, and Nightcrawler's two moms. Now we end this month with A look at something diffrnet but personal to me. These are my top 10 x-runs, the runs of x-men and it's various spinoffs that I truly love, that define the book for me and define this part of the franchise. There the books that either made me love mutants so much in the first place or helped reaffirm why. They run the gammut from the just ended at the time of this article Krakoa era's majesty all the way back to chris claremont helping retool a struggling half baked idea into one of the greatest comics ever. These comics are why I love x-men and i'm happy to share them with you and hopefully get you to read them and hopefully i'll be able to cover them all some day. But for now this is a nice smorgoseboard of what makes the strangest mutants of all marvel's best part, a small pocket full of creativity, commentary , change and artistic glory.

So a few guidelines: For longtime readers, I usually do top 12 lists, to the point i'm shirnking my best animated episodes list down to it, but with all the x themeing in the krakoan age it felt right to slim it down to a nice sharp x. The second is that i'm crediting every artist who worked on at least three issues. I'd credit all of them but the runs from the 2010's and 2000's are caked with one off fill ins and 80's comics tended to have a ton of one off fill ins or other people doing the annuals. I'm not against it, if you have someone who can do great art or guest on a run do it and it's thanks to this kind of thing we got walt simonson for one glorious issue of x-men, I just don't want the art credits to be 80 pages long, but DID take the effort to comb thorugh every run and find every artist that at least did an arc on the books honored here, as i'm trying to break out of only propping up the writers when it comes to comics. Their a VISUAL medium and the artists are often what makes a run. So to under the cut my x-men for the uncanny, the astonshing and my faviorites.

10. The New Mutants Written By Chris Claremont Drawn by Bob McLeod, Sal Buscema, Bill Sienkiewicz, Steve Leialoha, Mary Wilshire, Rick Leonardi and Jackson Guice Marvel GN #4, New Mutants Vol 1 , #1-54 + 3 Annuals, NM Special #1 59 Issues

It was the 80's and the Uncanny X-Men was marvel's best selling comic. Chris Claremont and a slew of talented game changing artists had turned a once niche property into one of the most layered, engaging and compelling books out there. So naturally Marvel wanted MORE money and to spin off this mother. Chris was reluctant because he wanted the main book to be special and it's own thing.. but was then threatned that if he didn't do it someone else will, so he found a concept he liked: Focusing on teenage emerging mutants something lightly glanced at with Kitty Pryde in Uncanny but this book brough to the forefront.

In the process Clarmeont and Bob Mcleod created a bunch of my faviorite mutants: The outspoken but Compasionate and tactical Dani, her bestfriend/sorta girlfriend and heavily abused prior to her coming to the team Rahne, naive country boy Sam, smooth talking only in his head and hot headed in everywhere including his body and my adopted son Roberto. Theree was also Karma, a later revealed to be queer immigrant (While not done by Chris Claremont here he certainly is responsible for it later int he 2000s', so respect) trying to care for two siblings the book quickly writes out.

The book would add four more to the mix: Amilla who thanks to a messy backstory and not a lot of use is eh, and three of my faviorites: Illyana, Kitty Pryde's best friend and a sorceress who was kidnapped and tortured by a demon man, Doug Ramsey, kitty's other friend and a computer genius who can read any language and in this era was a non combatant and Warlock, doug's best self friend, a goofy gloriously weird looking alien on the run from his abusive dad.

If your thinking this team has a lot of angst you'd be correct: Rahne is introduced running from an angry mob, Dani having to go with a white man she resents after her grandfather is shot, Roberto's girlfriend being killed by bigots and Sam barely able to keep his family fed having to mine in his pa's place after his dad died. The X-Men as a rule carry baggage but these poor kids had a whole planeload, not helped by being hated and feared.

And yet they perservere: they find love, find strength in each other. They sometimes clash, poor Illyana gets accused of being evil due to her demonic powers far too often, Sam has a one sided crush on Amara, and Doug grapples with being the only one on the team whose powers don't make him fight good.

The book also has a fantastic horror tone at times , something uesd early on as the Professor Xavier who brought these kids together to train them, and to not fight which being mutants is still something they run into constantly. While the issues after tried to go for a more conventional superhero book, Bill Skinewietz arrival, gloriously scratchy pencils and endlessly awesome covers helped cement it: these were kids dealing with terrible horrors: aliens who'd kill their own children, the DID ridden head of Charles Xaviers son, demons internal and without, and a demonic bear following Dani Moonstar I still don't fully understand, but still slaps.

New Mutants is one of the best x-books of the 80s, with X-Factor close behind it (It didn't make the cut but I still love Louise Simonson's Run), and one other just ahead. It's a book full of creative swings, ideas that would last the franchise a while and some of the best mutants ever made.

9. Iceman Written by Sina Grace DB Alesandro Vitti, Edgar Salazar, Robert Gil, and Nathan Stockman Iceman V3 1-11, Iceman V4 1-5, X-Men Winters End 17 Issues

This is the shortest out of these runs and that's for a very simple reason: Marvel's Editorial was very shitty to writer Sina Grace. They lambastated him for going on podcasts in a way that was subtly hompohobic, brought him back for another run.. and then cancled it 5 issues in. Grace has since done work for DC and marvel needs to both apologize and either bring him back or at least collect his run.

Iceman comes from RessuXion, Marvel's kinda sorta push to bring the x-men back after trying to kill them with the previous era. That's not hyperbole, there was a giant murder cloud, most of ya'll likely know, and Ike Pearlmutter was thankfully gone so the X-Men got something resembling a push and the fantastic four were reunited. That last part isn't relevant.

Ressurxion was only a half measure: the x-men really didn't interact with the rest of the lines still, one of the two flagship titles X-Men Gold, was a mediocre rehash of a bunch of previous stories wasting the great idea of having Kitty Pryde lead, and X-Men Blue, while awesome and only barely not making this list at various points, felt very weel spinny as Cullen Bunn wasn't alowed to change much as Hickman's run was on the horizon but not set ins tone. Which is stupid and something I doubt HIkcman actually approved or asked for.

Still Ressuction had a hidden gem alongside Blue: Iceman. So long story short that's going to sound weird even to fans who were there: The Original Five X Men were brough to the future by Beast in a stupid move that left them stranded and traumtized. Jean being about as tactful as a hurricane during Bendis run , OUted bobby claimed "he's not bi he's full on gay" and kinda shoved him out of the closet. While this was well meaning as Bobby still was in the closet in present day, it was done hamm handledly with a slice of accidental bi erasure.

Our Bobby coming out though was thankfully handled better with him admitting he didn't admit he was gay and while Bendis handeld the first part of the coming out with a sledge hammer, several previous x writers had left the seeds that the og class clown was indeed gay and it' sa move I support: the grounding was there and even with him dating women he never seemed that invested for the most part.

So the next era was too busy with the murder cloud to do anything of note with him being out, but thankfully they gave bobby to Sina Grace. Iceman is a fantastic solo and a fantastic queer superhero book, with Bobby figuring out what Coming Out means in his late 20's, and being both out and proud.. but still having struggles. He dosen't know how to put his profile together, has an akward mission with his last het romance kitty, a romance that in hindsight perfectly comes off like someone trying badly to pass as straight, and flirts with wolverine's disaster bisexual son who serves as the main antagonist. It's a book that explores just how fun bobby can be and sold me on a character I didn't care about before.

It also goes into his awful parents. His dad was a massive asshole in the 90's, tried to change but snapped back and while the snap back is a bit o fa continuity gafe, it's one that works as Bobby has to come out to two parents who already barely accept he's a mutant, and now have to accept he's gay. And then try to groom his past self to be the perfect son they always wanted.

It's a great run that not only lets Bobby show off his powers but his heart, humor and what makes him a great character. Check it out of you haven't and hopefully we'll get a one volume edition one of these days. Also just so I dont' have to say that a thousand time that goes for EVERY run present.

8. Wolverine and the X-Men Written by Jason Aaron Art by Chris Bachalo, Nick Bradshaw, Jorge Molina, Ramon Perez, Pepe Larazz and Ed McGuiness 42 Issues + Annual + AU Issue + Amazing X-Men 1-5 49 Issues

Wolverine and the X-Men is the big breakout of one Jason Aaron, a writer I have mixed feelings about. He has written comics I like, this one, doctor strange and so far his TMNT run, but has a weakness for putting over the top spectacle over character or cohesive plot, his Thor run degrading with time and his Avengers run having great ideas for plots but no real meat to said plots.

Wolverine and the X-Men does run into that a little, mostly with the x-men themselves as only WOlverine really gets an arc: most of the team gets a spotlight issue, but still spend the bulk of their time in fight scenes. Kitty Pryde is the only one besides logan to net decent focus and that gets thrown out as Brian Micheal Bendis called dibs as soon as he joined post avx. This was the first book I read with rachel summers but outside of her spotlight she's mostly there to be the token telepath. We never really get a sense of what she WANTS out of the school, how she feels about what Scott's up to anything personal. Cannonball, Sam from New Mutants, gets it worse as he's really just there for his sisters subplot and nothing else. I won't evfen get into the horny bird lady sexually harassing iceman. Ther'es also a bad tendency to treat Cyclops as some form of despot and not that guy what over at the other place.

That said the series manages to dodge this being a complete issue with the kids: Wolverine and the X-Men is at it's core a teen x-men book and the reason these teens are back in school at all also provides nice motivation for Logan to be running a school, something the book frequently lampshades is kinda nuts. With mutantkind dwindling at the time, Cyclops kept militarizing the children and Logan, tired of it and wanting them to live rather than surivvie, took half the x-men and any willing students.

The result is a diverse and intresting student body focusing mainly on Idie, a young religoius african teen who sees her powers as a curse and herself as a monster, Broo, my faviorite x-child period and an adorable nerd who happens to be a brood, a group of aliens that try to eat the x-men regularly with the mutation to not be a bloodthirsty monster, Gensis, a cloned apocalypse who was given superman's upbringing in stasis. And of course theirs Quinten Quire whose been overused sense this but hadn't really got to do anything. He's a punk who after a breakdown at finding out he was adopted decided to throw a riot at the school. He'd rather be on Cyclops Island but gets dragged to Jean Grey's School for Hire Leanring, renamed from "I did your wife school of hire learning". It' shis evolution tha'ts intresting: going from a mouthy twerp with way too much power and ego to.. well still a mouthy twerp but one with an actual heart and friends. We also have Kid Gladiator, son of the shiar empreoro gladiator and boisterious hilaroius jock. We also get great additions like eyeboy, sprite and shark girl, albeit none getting a ton of focus here.

While the main cast is great, what throws this series over the top its it's gonzo creativity. More than any writer since morrrison and until hickman, Aaron embraced the batshit insanity of the x-men and grasps at it with a gonzo whimsy few can match. Jason Aaron has had his issues with reining it in but with x-men it's just the right ballance.

The first arc alone, one of my faviorites despite not being a fan of chris bachelos art, Wolverine opens school, and find sit under siege from a revamped hellfire club, now a bunch of tweens lead by Kade Kilgore. Given hellfire was reduced to "sebastian shaw on occasion maybe" by this point, it was a needed revamp and I get it's not everyones taste but for me it works. Especially when one of Kade's minons is a frankenstien (the doctor not the monster man), who grenade launches frankenstiens at our heros and mutates two members of the school board into a wendigo and a sauron. Oh and the schools grounds have become a baby krakoa, the hisland that wallks like a schoolyard, which wins the day and soon becomes my faviorite part of the book. I loved krakoa since I was a teen so seeing him get revamped as this adorable adiditon was great and I still wonder what happened to them and why the krakoa era never adressed them.

Our heroes fight weaponized brood pregancies, go to space casinos to raise funds, deal with angel having come back as an actual angel and possed by.. something, too many tie ins, a murder circus lead by frankenstien, a field trip to the savage land and a final showdown with the hellfire club. It was a wonderfully creative, batshit insane story with tons of great ideas that have been barely touched, like School-Krakoa, Toad as a good guy or Logan's brother dog coming back as a time traveling badass. There are better books than Wolverine and the X-MEn but few have this much fun.

PS: Almost buried the leap, this book brought doop from x-statix back and i'm eternally greatful and his spotlight issue, drawn by co-creator mike allred, is easily the best of the run. I mean it has this alone

So speaking of doop

7. X-Statix Written by Peter Milligan Drawn by Mike Allred X-Force 116-129, X-Statix 1-26, Dead Girl 1-5, Wolverine/Doop 1 and 2 46 issues

X-Statix came about as part of marvel's big relaunch of the X-Men with New X-Men, canceling several titles, relaunching a few and changing up the few left. In this case X-Force, previously about the new mutants as they grew up and got guns then got their personalities back once Rob Liefield left, they instead completely upended it. The old cast was gone, the old premise was gone, and a whole new idea and cast of mutants were introduced.

The series had a genius premise: A shady reality show producer, Spike Freeman, starts up a mutant reality show at the height of the reality show boom starring a bunch of mutants who are desperate to be loved and adored by becoming rich and famous, often being conceded assholes like any reality tv star.

The catch was revealed in the first issue as the bulk of the team is gunned down: Only angry black man with internalized issues about his race Anarchist and the egotistical , pill popping shocking compitent u go girl are left as the team is rebuilt, now lead by the orphan, a man with super sensitivty and a ton of lampshaded angst, Vivisector, an erudite wolfman who later turns out to be gay, Phat, one of the many white kids approraiting black culture at the time, and Dead Girl. THere's many more but this is the core of the cast for most of the book, which was later relaunched as X-Statix. Many a member dies, no one is safe, and it's cyncial as fuck, making fun of celebrity, events, and mutant cliches. Some of the shine has rubbed off this one as a lot of these jokes have been made a lot, but it's still fun thanks to it's compelling cast who get fleshed out amazingly, meditations on fame, and Doop, the little ball of tumors that follows them around. It's it's own neat little pocket of the marvel unvierse: it's revivial is pretty detached from Krakoa and something I need to check out and it's cast, due to mbeing dead a alot, havne't really crossed over. But the book itself stands as a nice unique pocket

And saving the best for last no discussion would be complete without Mike Allred, an artist with a unique style remincent of jack kirbys btu still his own that's this nice art deco chunky goodness and works perfectly here, both giving the mutants all really fantastic designs and nicely giving everything a splash of color to contrast the dark tone. This is one I picked up in high school in backissues and hasn't left me since.

6. Uncanny X-Men Writer: Kireon Gillen Artists: Carlos Pachcheo, Terry Dodson, Greg Land and Daniel Acuna Uncanny X-Men V1 #534.1-544, X-Men Regenisis, Uncanny X-Men Volume 2 #1-20, AVX Consequences 1-5, 36 Issues

So when I first got back into comics reguarly I figured from both is more dangerous new design where he can't see too good

And the way both bendis own much worse companion book and various others like Uncanny Avnegers or Wolverine and the X-Men talked about him and AVX that Scott Summers had become the new magneto and a dangerous edgelord man.

Instead the truth was more nuanced as i'd learn: Some writers made Scott a bit of an ass during his time leading utopia, the slap of concrete what contained all the muants left. But despite some questionable actions down more to bad writing, he wasn't evil. He asn't purely good either as the schism I mentiond proved, driven to do whatever it took to survive. He was shady but never quite took the heel turn, instead being an intrestingly pragmatic character. Also while he did kill charles xavier it was while hopped up on the phoenix force, something he points out reguarly making everyone else come off as assholes for giving Jean a pass but not scott.

And the man who wrote this best was Kireon Gilleon, scottish writer and maestro who came along after a decent but forgetable run from Matt Fraction and gave the franchise the injection it needed.

His run started with the x-men on utopia nad not only reballanced Scott after said bad writing, but showed off the good and bad of Scott: he's repessed and obessive, but also a stategic mastermind determined to save his people. The early part of his run does what the run before it by Matt Fraction did: uses the whole of mutantkind for huge spectacle as well as return Kitty Pryde to normal, she was a ghost for a while, so she can go off with the other book. The highlight is it's climax: juggernaught, jacked up on the power of a god and a hammer like thor, is more unstoppable than normal and Scott throws EVERY plan he has at the guy and every mutant he has at the guy which is ALL OF THEM who aren't children. And even a few children because the situations that bad.

The real meat is the sadly short livedb ut awesome second volume of uncannY: After the schism, Scott splits up, getting Emma because she loves the guy, Namor because he wants to do Emma and i'm not exagerating he's blatant about it, Storm because Scott dosen't trust himself, Hope the mutants own personal jesus, Danger, the former danger room having gained snetience and tried to kill charles for enslaving her

Dr Nemisis, an immortal nazi hunter, Colossus, current host of the juggernaught powers, his sister Magik, Psylocke, and of course Magneto, who'd recently joined up and is master of magnet.

This team of scary motherfuckers is the exctinction team and that name is unsettling on purpose but also dosen't mean kill everyone.. it just means they could and Scott is both helping mutantkinds rep AND scarring the shit out of it's eneies my taking on extinction events: if something can wipe out huamnity it's their job and it's a fucking briliant setup. Take the strongest x-men left on scott's side, which is really most of THE strongest in general and put them against the worst.

This also sets up the big bad of the series and Kireon's best achivment: Sinister. Gilleon revamped him from a fairly sterotypical and deranced mad science man to a campy as hell horrible as hell man who sets out to remake the world literally in his image, thinks turn of the century britan was just fine, hates women and isn't lacking for quips or meance with our heroes stuck in a city of him that can develop safe guards every time they kill one. And he does so by stealing a celestial's head, which means the first mission alone is stop a space god AND a madman.

There's other good romps but sinister is the core and the series weathers the avx tie ins decently, weaving them into what's writtne. IT's ending, consequences, isn't nearly as good, with scott feeling out of character and was meant to set up further adventures that instead got handed off to bendis, but Gielleon's runs a great mediation on absolute power , scare tactics and the meaning of fear regardless and is still a joy to read every time.

5. X-Men Red/S.W.O.R.D. By Al Ewing Art by: Valerio Schiti, Jacopo Camagni, Stefano Caselli , Jacopo Camagni , Yildray Cinar and Luciano Vecchio S.W.O.R.D. V2 #1-11 , Cable Reloaded, X-Men Red V2 1-18 and The Resurrection of Magneto 1-4 34 Issues

Al Ewing is one of my faviorite writers in comics. easily. Starting with Mighty Avengers, i've adored his runs on Immortal Hulk, his ant-man/wasp trilogy, his character defining run for Roberto decosta on new avengers and usa avengers and what i've read of immortal thor among others. Al Ewing is Marvel's best writer these days and in a pool that includes Jonathan Hickman and now once again Gail Simone, tha'ts the highest praise.

So naturally given Ewing had a clear love of x-men from new avengers alone and a deep love of continuity I was chomping at the bit for him to join the krakoan age, a bit disapointed he wasn't in the first round of books but knowing he had ot show up he just had to.

Thankfully my prayers were answered as not only did Ewing arrive he arrived in style, bringing back SWORD, once shield's extraterestial arm now krakoas. Ewing at the time was reworking marvel's space with his Guardians run and wrote SWORD in concert with it, as big evfents happened and SWORD stood ready, while bringing earth, or sol as it's called onto the galactic stage, starting the run with stealing a mystery metal from the heart of creation and then using it to fund the galactic economy. SWORD was a solid captivating book, amping up the idea of mutant circutis (a bunch of mutants working in concert), galactic marvel and earth's place in it.

What's brilliant in hindsight though as while a great book on it's own, making characters I thought were highly underused like Wiz Kid or Frenzy rise to full potetial and making previously also ran mutant Peeper into a star overnight. I mean look at him

I also love Magneto is so .. happy to see him.

While SWORD is great what followed is truly incredibly, some of ewings best work and all the groundwork was laid in sword, from Magneto regretting his past in the hellfire gala tie in to said gala leading to one of the best events in x-history: Arakko. A bunch of mutatns who'd become a warrior civilization needed a home so thier island was put on mars giving them a planet and possible peace... and storm was put there as regent.

This leads to an even better sequel as ewing keeps SWORD head abigail brand on as big bad, wanting to destroy mutant civilzation and make earth a real power in the universe, and thus Arakko is a great chess piece as Storm plays against Abby for it's future for the first two arcs. Storm is a fantastic character and ewing gets her down pat, her grace, her badassery but also her humanity, kindness and mohawk. Helping her are my two faviorite mutants, no really 1 and 2 respectively, Magneto and Sunspot. Magneto was already eating well in the krakoan age, but ewing gives the old man humanity, with Magneto realizing his lost daughter Anya wasn't a mutant.. and thus can't be brought back and wondering what all this was for, being cojolled into things as he realizes as much as he wanted to retire he can't. Roberto meanwhile had a rough start in Krakoa as Jonathan Hickman took out all his brains for some reason despite being the one who started to emphasize that he's more than just a pretty face.

Ewing in his avengers runs made roberto into a master stratageist and chessmaster bar none who still loved parties, champaign robots and the mission impossible theme, so I was utterlyt hrilled to see berto on the cover. Now a consort to Shiar regent Deathbird and having a stake in the game, Roberto comes to arakko to play and quickly gets involved in things, using his skills to help his new team. Ewing is the man who truly made the best roberto decosta and it's so gratifying to see he got a second lap.

Ewing also builds up arakko well: it's culture, i'ts changes, and the challenges storm and magneto face in changing it, concluding in a massive war that ends the series as arakko's past rule comes knocking. Add in a great epilogue exploring magento and storm and you have one of the finest comic runs in recent memory.

4. New X-Men Written by Grant Morrison Art by Frank Quitely, Evan Van Sciver, Igor Kordey, Phil Jiminez, Chris Bachalo, and Marc Silvestri 114-154 Plus Annual 41 Issues

It was the early 2000's and the x-men had hit a fucking a wall. The 90s while fondly remembered for the jim lee outfits, awesome cartoon and other delights, were a nightmare time for the x-men. Just trying to read that era of uncanny and adjectivless to fill the gaps in my knowledge was a waking nightmare with only a few bright spots. I got as far as just after operation zero tolerance and bailed and despite bringnig back heavyweights like Alan Davis or Chris Claremont, restrictive ediotrial mandates, overdone crossovers and other nonsense had left the x-men barley standing.

Desperate Marvel had a bunch of creators pitch various ideas for a bold new take on the x-men.. and the winner was the one, the only Grant Morrison. Grant had already made big splashes at DC with their runs on Doom Patrol, Animal Man and more, had a penchant for writing gloriously weird, sometimes incomprehnsible stories with a beating human heart. So being both a hot writer from the other company and having a bigger bolder vision, and needing badly for the comcis to recover to cash in on the recent film and upcoming X-Men Evolution, they agreed.

The result is the run that made me the x-holic I am today: while I read x-men stories i loved before this, with Chris Claremont and Paul Smith's run being the first this is the one that got me as hooked as I am: a stylish run with what morrison called a kinetic strut, aided by Frank Quitely's weird and awesomely unique art and a variety of other artists of varying quality brought out a vision of a bold new era.

The run came out hot: it stripped it's cast down to a core of iconic x-men, added in Emma Frost finally fully reforming but still 100% that bitch, and threw in curveballs with kind monk with a hell of a look xorn and xavier himself getting his legs back. There were set backs as Colossus was killed before Morrison could use him and Claremont called dibs on rogue and storm for X-Treme X-Men, but they pivoted well.

However a flashy new look wasn't what made the book, it was it's frantic pace and bold new vision: Morrison recontexulizted the x-men as an actaul minority, giving them a culture, a voice and making many weirder and wilder than ever before, showing that not every mutant got to pass. He also threw the x-men out of the shadows: formerly, a group of outlaw mutants hated and feared, they weere still that but thanks to Professor Xavier's twin who tried to choke him in the womb, he's outed to the public and rolls with her , using his body as a suit at the time, doing so to change the x-mens mission, now doing more search and rescue with slick leather jackets. They aren't traditional superheroes anymore, but just a trained team of the best trying to help their own. The X-Men now hav ea worldwide reach with x-corp with missions going from paris to shang hai.

Morrison took plenty of other hammers to the status quo: Xavier and Lilandra broke up, he could walk, Genosha got destroyed in a devistating act, scott and jean had marriage crissi as Emma gaslit him into an affair and Beast got his awesome lion look. The run also isn't afraid to get weird with xavier's twin he seemingly killed in th womb Cassandra Nova, a corrupt general whose skin becomes golems, and a special class made of mutants all with weird borderline useless powers, most of whom would become fan faviorites.

Years ago this would've been my easy number one but age for both me and the comic have revealed cracks; Some bits haven't aged well like Dust, whow hil ea good character now was done with no real research or depth, the u men dangling way too close to a parody of trans people, being just fringe enough to avoid it but still far closer than they should be.

The biggest knock though is the final two arcs: everything up to that is minty fresh and full of cool ideas warts and all. The last two arcs have Morrison try to rerail magneto back into a hateful monster instead of the complicated monster he'd become, something already tried in the 90's but even worse here, with Magneto reduced to the boring silver age villian that got old fast. I'm not against holding his feet to the fire for his worse actions, but this one was too far and swiftly retconned.. in a very dumbass way but still, you uusally only get a patch on a bad story that fast. Here Comes TOmmorow likewise is a trippy and mediocre finale to the run. Not as bad as what just came before, but it's grant morrison at their most self indulgent... that i've read.

Still despite the runs issues.. it's a good ride and worth it for classics like E is For Extinction and Riot at Xaviers alone.

3. X-Men By Jonathan Hickman Art by Pepe Laraz, R.B. Silva, Lenil Francis Yu, Mahmud Asrar and Valerio Schiti House of X 1-6, Powers of X 1-6, X-Men 2019 1-21, 5 Giant Size X-Men One Shots, and Inferno 1-4 42 Issues

Anyone whose read this blog a long time knew this was coming. I mention X-Men as much as possible and the krakoan era, being so weird and wonderful, was something I brought up a lot. Especially the x-men colonizing mars. And I probably will again. The Krakoan age is one of the best eras of x-men and while it ended in fire and a whimper, it started with a bang.

The x-men were in a bad place in 2019. Ressurxion as I mentioned wasn't horrible but wasn't really a reinvention, partly because they woudln't let anyone make any real changes which... again this run could've easily dealt with fine. Before that Marvel , and once again entirely serious tried to kill the x-men, showving them to the side and trying intitally to make the inhumans symapthetic when they needed to get rid of their murder cloud. And the inhumans books WERE great, but no one could get the taste of ike pearlmutter trying to make them the new x-men out of their mouths.

And like the last time the x-men were in a bad spot, marvel sought a hot creator, gave them creative control and let them do a hard stylish reset. Last time it was grant morrison, , this time it was Jonathan Hickman.

Hickman is one of my faviorite marvel writers. While he started slow yet awesome with a small run on secret warriors, a book that remade shield and did black ops glory, he rose to his biggest success with Fantastic Four, taking one of marvel's greatest teams and plunging them out of their rut with a big sweeping sci fi plot, clever ideas like 4 great cities about to go to war, a council of far less moral reed richardses, and smaller scale but no less game changing ideas like havnig the fantastic four open up a think tank for children, the future foundation, finally once and for all resolving ben grimm's on and off state of being cured, and giving the richards kids fleshed out personalities.

I could gush about this run all day but i'll save that for next year.

The point is HIckman had a talent for big wordy sweeping epics and was quickly tapped to follow up Brian Micheal Bendis on avengers, which had also gotten old for some, expanding the team's scope, having a meta plot about the multiverse dying and combining a core of familiar faces (including hulk's first longterm run as an avenger), with people who had yet to wield the circle a like Cannonball, Sunspot and SHang Chi, giving all three a needed boost.

So him doing X-Men was a natural next step that seemingly just.. didn't happen. Ike Pearlmutter's attempt to dempahsises it probably is why and Hickman having completed his sweeping epic across several titles, was ready to go to dc. THen Marvel, desperate to revitalize the circle x.. offered it to hickman. And a thing I didn' tknow is while he got what made the ff and avengers work perfectly.. hickman wasn't a fan of either going in. He did his through homework and you honestly can't tell he dosen't, but X-Men on the otherhand was his teenage obession. Like me, it consumed him and he jumped at the chance to do it his way.

He also saw a franchise that post avx had stagnated, not really inovating and growing and gave it a shot in the arm. Just like New X-men before it, Hickman decided to ditch where the franchise had been stuck, in schools with never aging classes and wars with each other and try something entirley new, something that could not be walked back easily and that even going back to basics, the current run is still feeling the repurcussions of. With 6 golden words:

Hickman in his epic pair of mini series that are really one big 12 issue series, House of X and Powers of X flipped up the wohle gameboard and erased problems that had been plauging the x-men: The constant climate of fear? The X-Men decided to fuck off to their own island nation, Krakoa, the island that walks like a man and is now cool with them. Humanity hating and fearting them? still a problem but they can sue for peace with some mmmm drugs and deal with those who don't take the mmmmm drugs. And they could just give these mmmm drugs that cure brain diseases free but after the rampant genocides, not hyperbole they have a statistic

Their saying enough. And the various mutants killed off for shock value? Well... death no longer matters. In a game changing final reveal, mutants can now be revivied from teh dead thanks to 5 working in concert. Add in a meta riff with Moria Mactaggerts 10 lives and you have a brilliant start

And HIckman did'nt stop there, as his next book , X-Men and i'ts companion piece Giant Sized X-Men was less one long narrative and more a series of ideas for the universe he was creating, a series of brilliant one shots following Scott Summers in a good place in his life: His wife is back from the dead, their embracing polyamory so he can still see emma and Jean can see wolverine who lives with them, both their kids are alive and well. It's a dream. And with every issue hickman provided a great adventure from magneto standing against a tie in, to discovering Krakoa's lost sibling setting up the massive x of sowrds crossover, to a family roadtrip into space to dela with the brood, to the savage land ot fight the golden girls, to a hidden vault to face the future, there was never an end to his creatviity or clever ideas.

Sadly there was an end to his run with Inferno which left on a high tying up some threads and leaving the rest open for those to take up the sword after he left. Hickman's run is gorgeously drawn by a bevy of the best in the buisness, well throught out and stylish and I will likely read it forever. While Krakoa sadly didn't last this run stands forever as what it is : MUTANT.

2. X-Factor By Peter David Art by Peter David and Pablo Raimondi, Ryan Sook, Dennis Calero, Renato Arlem, Roy Allen Martinez, Khoi Pham, Scott Eaten, Valentine De Landro, Larry Stroman, Marco Santucci, Bing Cansino, Emanuela Lupacchino, Leonard Kirk, Neil Edwards, and Paul Davidson Madrox 1-5, V3 1-50, 200-262 , X-Factor The Quick and the Dead, X-Factor: Layla Miller and Nation X: X-Factor 119 Issues

Peter David might be my faviorite x-writer and is the other major reason I fell as hard for x-men as I did. Starting off at marvel with his character defining run on Incredible Hulk, he did a short stint on the x-side of things with X-Factor, following up the original run by focusing on a bunch of lesser focused mutants who weren't afraid to pepper things with jokes, weren't immune to tragedy, and threading a nice line between real danger and humor. It sadly didn't last long, but what we got was great.

So come the 2000's, he returned to marvel after a long stint at dc and another sensational run with young justice, Peter David asked "Are you ready for the sequel?" So came X-Factor, also known as X-Factor Noir to defretate it from the previous two runs, a decade long run rivaling Chris Claremonts in character, franchise impact and sheer girth. David's come the closest to Claremont's flair for shakeups, cast rotation and soap opera.

X-Factor primarily stars Jamie Madrox, an also ran mutant who could multiply who was the comic relief in David's previous run then kinda thrown aside like garbage and used in backgrounds. Clearly liking Jamie and seeing potential in him, David brought his boy back as a private eye working cases in mutant town. What was once the mutant burogh of new york is now filled with those who lost their powers on m-day, something our heroes also investigate as Wanda's mental breakdown wasn't exactly common knowledge.

Helping Jamie in his noir detective fantasy are Strong Guy, his best friend and the best character of the previous run, Wolfsbane, who was also on that team but is now older and angister, even more so after she leaves the team breifly to join x-force, Siryn, jamie's dupes ex and daughter of the banshee and M, monet st croix whose better than you and knows it. Monet is STILl a major fan faviorite and player to this day thanks to this run and everyone got a bump. This included later additons longshot and shatterstar, the latter of whom became a pansexual icon.

The run is massive and something I hope to cover someday in SOME form but loops our heroes as they do buisness in mutanttown, move to the east for goverment work, come back to nyc, and deal with everything from a manical man from the future to the invisible woman going missing. It's a fun run full of deep character development, well executed twists and while I used to feel it had a huge downturn, it seems far more coherent now.. though i'd still have to reread to see for sure. But what's ther eis one of the best runs in x-men , one of my faviorites.. and only one tops it you can transparently see coming

Uncanny X-Men By Chris Claremont Art by Dave Cockrum, John Byrne, Paul Smith, Frank Miller, John Romita Jr, Barry Windsor-Smith, Marc Silvestri, Rick Leonardi, John Bogdanove, Al Milgrom, and Jim Lee Uncanny X-Men 94-279, X-Men Annual #3-12, 14, Marvel Graphic Novel #1, Wolverine #1-4, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6,X-Men/ Alpha Flight #1 and 2, X-Men Vs Fantastic Four #1-4, X-Men #1-3 214 Issues

Hail to the King Baby. Having recently finally read EVERY issue of this run, I can say Chris Claremont defines the x-men. Even as things change, the basis was set by him. While Lee and Kirby created the x-men, Chris Clarmont made them truly exceptional.

Most of you don't need an intro but just in case: Chris Claremont was an up and coming writer at marvel who exploded when he took over x-men from Len Wein. Wein had relaunched the x-men with giant sized, creating a brand team with artist Dave Cockrum: Xaviers Original students were quickly written on in Wein's planneed next issue leaving only Cyclops, now moodier, as the vetral to command a group that was not 5 teenagers with attitude, later 7, but adults from radically diffrent backgrounds: A near feral and terse secret agent who once fought the hulk, a russian farm boy who can turn to steel, a woman from cairo who lived as a goddess in kenya, a former foe turned experinced ally, and a circus performer with the face of demon but the kindest soul of all.

Claremont would take this great setup and run with it once given full control. He reinforced the mutant metaphor which was present on and off in Lee's run, but now came blaring out, with the series first overarching villian being a mad scientest who speaks of mutants like a feral monster and has an army of shiny new sentinels, as opposed to the misguided previous users of them. The X-Men's rep takes a hit as the series goes and their forced to wipe goverment records as it plots against them. As the run goes on the racisim grows, as the goverment turns against them and the x-men are left as outcasts even among other heroes, going to war with both the ff and the avengers for diffrent reasons. In his most powerful use of this the x-men have to face Revered Striker, a fire and brimstone preacher with a secret paramilitary death squad.

But more than that he gave the franchise humanity: The X-Men here are fully fleshed out people: Scott strains under the role he's been given and trained since childhood and his rough past, Logan grows from a feral asshole who nearly kills nightcrawler for laughing at him, to Kurt's best friend and a wise if still gruff man who loves his found family. Ororo has the biggest evolution: from a shy woman discovering the world, to a goddess, to someone grappling with the darkness in her and the things she must do to keep her found family safe. Colossus grapples with the violence and confusion of his new world and of finding love even if it hurts someone he cares about. Things only get richer as new characters are rotated in: Jean is thought dead after joinnig breifly and leaves an impact and banshee goes to join his true love on a scottish island. This leaves the board open for Kitty Pryde, a 13 year old written shockingly well who grows up year by year and has to deal wtih the reality of being an x-man and of having a crush on a 19 year old and Rogue, who goes from a foe of the x-men they slam the door on badly haunted by her fractured psyche to.. well the last part dosen't go away but she's one of the most trusted x-men with time .

Claremont wasn't afraid to shake this up either: over the course of his run the x-men are thought dead by xavier and left to their own devices, loose jean, cyclops leaves, the mansion is breifly destroyed and their forced to live on magneto's spooky island, the new mutants arrive, and you never get a full sense of peace. When one status quo has set in a while, it flips. Just when the x-men were getting used to rachel summers, jean's troubled daughter from the days of future past, rachel flees and half the team is horribly mauled and they have to almost start over. The x-men sacrifie themselves and use their newfound supposed death to strike from the shaodow. and the final stretch of the run has the x-men scattered to the winds and coming back together.

Change is the constant as is a parade of intresting foes: Magneto is reconfigured from cackling super villian early on, to the troubled complicated man he becomes later, trying hard to be better while the world says no. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is reformed into a more modern for the time terroist group with the cunning mystique.. who tehn has the team work with the goverment when she finds that safer. Mastermind is taken from Magneto's lackey to a truly frightining figure whose only beaten because the person he was manipulating with. Then Claremont adds his own: The Hellfire Club, rich mutant assholes hiding in plain sight woh easily outflank our heroes, Nimrod, a robot from the future sent to kill mutants but who sees himself as a hero, the Brood, terrifying xenomorph knockoffs, and the Shadow King: Xavier's oldest and deadlist foe.

Ther'es a lot here: Our heroes go to space, grapple with demons literal nad metaphorical, spend time in the outback with a wiseman who can teleport, go to another dimension or two, there is FAR too much in this decade to recap but it is special

The run isn't without flaws and the age spots may be an issue: there's the entirely stupid and gross kitty pryde and colossus romance which is thankfully kept to mostly a crush but wolverine treats like Colossus wronged her by.. not wanting ot date a 13 year old and finding someone else. The bunche sof brainwashing. Kitty Pryde using the n-word twice. Coloring native american characters bright red. Ther'es a lot of stuff left over from the 80s in here that we'd rather throw back. Now Claremont's bdsm fetish on the other hand.. eh fair enough.

But if you can get past it, you'll find an epic like no other, one continuious story that nicely weaves with it's sister book new mutants. A story you can hop in at any point and enjoy (except maybe those last two years. Yeesh) yet as this glorious whole i've discovered now owning most of it and reading it often, it's a wonderful saga with tons of planning, and it'll likely never be topped in scope, though many of these fine runs equal it in quality. It's the basis for some of the best comic si've ever read, and I'm pleased to have read it all. Thanks for reading and please.. read some of these.

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some fun facts for the @tournament-of-x voters

The oldest contestants currently in the match (and by oldest, I mean “the date of their first appearance”, not their actual ages) are Magneto, Jean Grey, Bobby Drake/Iceman, and Scott Summers/Cyclops. All four of them first appear in X-Men #1 in 1963.

The youngest contestant currently in the match (again, in terms of the dates of their first appearance, not actual age) is Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool, who first debuted in Howard the Duck #1 in 2015.

Of the contestants, only Laura Kinney/Wolverine appeared first on screen -- her first ever appearance was in Season 3, Episode 10 of X-Men: Evolution in August of 2003. This would be later followed by her first comic appearance in NYX #3, in December of 2003.

As far as classic teams go: the 33 characters remaining include three of the original five X-Men (Jean, Bobby, Scott), four of the classic nine New Mutants (Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma, Dani Moonstar/Mirage, Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, and Illyana Rasputin/Magik -- Dani, Xuân, and Roberto are also founding members), and two people who have two first appearances (both Illyana and Nathan Summers/Cable appear in canon continuity as babies/toddlers prior to appearing later under their aliases -- Illyana appears in Giant-Sized X-Men #1 in 1975 and Nathan appears in Uncanny X-Men #201 in 1985). Two contestants are also part of the iconic Giant-Sized X-Men team created in 1975 -- Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler and Ororo Munroe/Storm. Two members of the original Generation X remain (Monet St. Croix/M/Penance and Jubilation Lee/Jubilee), as well as two from the Academy X era (David Alleyne and Megan Gwynn, from the New Mutants second generation team and the Paragons, respectively), three if you choose to count Laura Kinney/Wolverine, who joined the remaining students of New X-Men vol. 2 just after M-Day.

All the contestants save nine made their first appearances in X-books (X-Men, Giant-Sized X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants, X-Factor, X-Force, Generation X, X-Men: Evolution and New X-Men). The ones who do not first appear in X-books are Mystique (Ms. Marvel #18 in 1978, though she technically had a cameo appearance two issues prior), Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma (Marvel Team-Up #100 in 1980), Anna Marie Lebeau/Rogue (Avengers Annual #10, 1981), Dani Moonstar/Mirage and Roberto da Costa/Sunspot (both in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 in 1983), Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan (Young Avengers #1, 2005), Tommy Shepherd/Speed (Young Avengers #10, 2006), Eden Fesi/Manifold (Secret Warriors #4, 2009), and Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool (Howard the Duck #1, 2015).

Demographically speaking, four characters in the tournament are canonically Jewish -- Magneto, Kate Pryde, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan, and Bobby Drake/Iceman (thanks for the reminder, @/ant-ifascottlang!) Though it hasn’t been confirmed, one might assume that Tommy Shepherd/Speed and Lorna Dane/Polaris are also Jewish, being related to them.

The 70s and the 80s are proving themselves to be the most popular -- 8 candidates that were created in the 70s are still in the tournament (Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, Ororo Munroe/Storm, Illyana Rasputin/Magik, Mystique, Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier/Aurora, Kitty/Kate Pryde, and Emma Frost/White Queen), and 8 characters created in the 80s are still in the tournament as well (Irene Adler/Destiny, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma, Anna Marie Lebeau/Rogue, Dani Moonstar/Mirage, Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, Nathan Summers/Cable, Julio Richter/Rictor, and Jubilation Lee/Jubilee).

Of the other decades: seven characters were introduced in the 2000s (Eloise Phimister/Negasonic Teenage Warhead, David Alleyne/Prodigy, Laura Kinney/Wolverine, Megan Gwynn/Pixie, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan, Tommy Shepherd/Speed, and Eden Fesi/Manifold), five were introduced in the 60s (Magneto, Jean Grey, Bobby Drake/Iceman, Scott Summers/Cyclops, and Lorna Dane/Polaris), and four were introduced in the 90s (Remy Lebeau/Gambit, Lucas Bishop, Neena Thurman/Domino, and Monet St. Croix/M/Penance). Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool is the only character remaining in the tournament to be introduced after 2010.

One character is canonically Muslim -- Monet St. Croix/M/Penance.

Eleven characters are canonically LGBTQ+: Bobby Drake/Iceman, Mystique, Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, Kitty/Kate Pryde, Irene Adler/Destiny, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma, Julio Richter/Rictor, David Alleyne/Prodigy, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan, Tommy Shepherd/Speed, and Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool.

Laura Kinney/Wolverine, Remy Lebeau/Gambit (thanks for the reminder, @/souldagger!) and Megan Gwynn/Pixie have been confirmed by writers to be queer, but there has been no on-panel confirmation for any of them beyond Pixie’s appearance/alternate dimension self in Secret Wars.

Without counting the upcoming Uncanny Avengers, at least three characters have been recurring Avengers -- Anna Marie Lebeau/Rogue, Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, and Eden Fesi/Manifold. Rogue and Sunspot also notably led teams of Avengers. Several other candidates have been Young Avengers -- David Alleyne/Prodigy, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan (who was a founding member), and Tommy Shepherd/Speed.

Ten characters are mutants of color -- Ororo Munroe/Storm is Kenyan-American and grew up in Cairo, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma is Vietnamese, Dani Moonstar/Mirage is Indigenous American, specifically Cheyenne, Roberto da Costa is Afrolatino and from Brazil, Julio Richter/Rictor is Mexican, Jubilation Lee/Jubilee is Chinese-American, Lucas Bishop is Aboriginal Australian/Black American (according to Chris Claremont, who confirmed that Bishop is indeed descended from Aboriginal Australian mutant Gateway), Monet St. Croix/M/Penance is Monacan-Algerian, David Alleyne/Prodigy is a Black American, and Eden Fesi/Manifold is Aboriginal Australian.

While Laura Kinney/Wolverine first appeared as a visibly brown girl in X-Men: Evolution, her design has since been lightened and she does not have a confirmed ethnicity.

Only eight of the remaining contestants have never appeared in live-action adaptations -- Irene Adler/Destiny, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma (though her name is shown on a computer screen in X2: X-Men United), Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier/Aurora, David Alleyne/Prodigy, Megan Gwynn/Pixie, Eden Fesi/Manifold, and Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool. Of these, only Karma, Penance, Prodigy, Manifold, and Gwenpool have no on-screen appearances at all -- the others appear in the various animated series (Destiny has a recurring appearance in X-Men: Evolution, Pixie pops up in Wolverine and the X-Men, and the Beaubier twins appear in the X-Men cartoon of the 90s). While Penance is listed on Wikipedia as being in Wolverine and the X-Men, it does not cite an episode, though her twin younger sisters appear in Season 1 Episode 10 “Greetings from Genosha.” **this post has been corrected -- Monet St. Croix/M/Penance appears in the direct to TV Generation X movie (thanks for the reminder, @/cranechel!)

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MOON KNIGHT FULL READING LIST

This is the full Moon Knight reading list. Every appearance of 616!Moon Knight can be found here. It will be updated as comics come out.

It is important to make clear that this list has the entries written in the order they came out. That's why there are comics between whole runs. This will be the most complete list and is for having a complete look into Moon Knight's comic history.

• Werewolf by Night Vol 1. 32 • Werewolf by Night Vol 1. 33

• Marvel Spotlight Vol 1. 28 • Marvel Spotlight Vol 1. 29

• Defenders Vol 1. 47 • Defenders Vol 1. 48 • Defenders Vol 1. 49 • Defenders Vol 1. 50 • Defenders Vol 1. 51

• Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1. 22 • Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1. 23

• Hulk! Vol 1. 11 • Hulk! Vol 1. 12 • Hulk! Vol 1. 13 • Hulk! Vol 1. 14

• Marvel Two-In-One Vol 1. 52

• Hulk! Vol 1. 15 • Hulk! Vol 1. 17 • Hulk! Vol 1. 18

• Marvel Preview Vol 1. 21

• Hulk! Vol 1. 20

• Captain America Vol 1. 245

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 2 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 4 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 5 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 6 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 7 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 8 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 9 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 10

• Marvel Team-Up Annual Vol 1. 4

• Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1. 220

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 11

• Avengers Vol 1. 211 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 12

• Rom Vol 1. 23

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 13 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 14 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 15 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 16 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 17 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 18 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 19 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 20

• Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 21 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 22

• Iron Man Vol 1. 161

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 23 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 24 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 25

• Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 1. 87

• Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1. 72

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 26

• Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 1. 88

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 27 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 28 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 29 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 30 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 31 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 32 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 33 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 34

• Hawkeye Vol 1. 4

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 35 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 36 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 37 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 38

• Marvel Team-Up Vol 1. 144

• Moon Knight Vol 2. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 2. 2

• Marvel Age Annual Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 2. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 2. 4 • Moon Knight Vol 2. 5 • Moon Knight Vol 2. 6

• Marvel Fanfare Vol 1. 30

• West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 21 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 22 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 23 • West Coast Avengers Annual Vol 1. 2 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 24

• Avengers Annual Vol 1. 16

• West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 25 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 26 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 27 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 28

• Solo Avengers Vol 1. 3

• West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 29 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 30 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 31 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 32

• Marvel Fanfare Vol 1. 38

• West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 33

• Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1. 2

• West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 34

• Marvel Fanfare Vol 1. 39

• West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 35 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 36 • West Coast Avengers Annual Vol 1. 3 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 37 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 39 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 40 • West Coast Avengers Vol 2. 41

• Marvel Age Vol 1. 74

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 1 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 2 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 3

• Punisher Annual Vol 1. 2

• Daredevil Annual Vol 1. 4B

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 4 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 5

• Fantastic Four Annual Vol 1. 22

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 6 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 7 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 8 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 9 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 10 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 11 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 12

• Silver Surfer: The Enslavers Vol 1. 1

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 13

• Marvel Super-Heroes Vol 2. 1

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 14 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 15 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 16 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 17 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 18 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 19 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 20 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 21 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 22 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 23 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 24 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 25 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 26 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 27

• West Coast Avengers Annual Vol 2. 6

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 28 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 29

• Infinity Gauntlet Vol 1. 3 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 30

• Quasar Vol 1. 27

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 31

• Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1. 354

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 32

• Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1. 355

• Sleepwalker Vol 1. 7

• Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1. 356

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 33

• Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1. 357 • Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1. 358

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 34 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 35 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 36 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 37 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 38

• Moon Knight: Divided We Fall Vol 1. 1

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 39

• Infinity War Vol 1 2

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1 40

• Infinity War Vol 1. 3

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 41

• Infinity War Vol 1. 4

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 42 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Special Edition Vol 1. 1 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 43

• Web of Spider-Man Vol 1. 93

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 44

• Web of Spider-Man Vol 1. 94 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 45 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 46 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 47 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 48 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 49 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 50

• Infinity Crusade Vol 1. 1

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 51

• Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1. 55

• Infinity Crusade Vol 1. 2

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 52

• Mighty Thor Vol 1. 464

• Infinity Crusade Vol 1. 3

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 53

• Infinity Crusade Vol 1. 4

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 54

• Web of Spider-Man Vol 1. 104

• Infinity Crusade Vol 1. 5

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 55

• Web of Spider-Man Vol 1. 105 • Web of Spider-Man Vol 1. 106

• Infinity Crusade Vol 1. 6

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 56

• Sensational She-Hulk Vol 1. 58

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 57

• Starblast Vol 1. 1

• Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 58 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 59 • Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1. 60

• Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1. 152 • Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1. 153 • Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1. 154

• Code of Honor Vol 1. 1 • Code of Honor Vol 1. 3

• Moon Knight Vol 3. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 3. 2

• Avengers Vol 3. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 3. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 3. 4

• Avengers Vol 3. 12

• Moon Knight Vol 4. 1

• Wolverine Vol 2. 134

• Moon Knight Vol 4. 2 • Moon Knight Vol 4. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 4. 4

• Contest of Champions II Vol 1. 1

• Black Panther Vol 3. 20 • Black Panther Vol 3. 21 • Black Panther Vol 3. 22

• Marvel Knights Vol 1. 4 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 5 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 6 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 7 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 8 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 9 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 11 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 12 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 13 • Marvel Knights Vol 1. 14

• Thunderbolts Vol 1. 57

• JLA/Avengers Vol 1. 4

• Captain America Vol 4. 29

• Avengers Vol 1. 501 • Avengers Vol 1. 502 • Avengers Vol 1. 503

• Marvel Team-Up Vol 3. 3 • Marvel Team-Up Vol 3. 7

• Hercules Vol 3. 1

• G.L.A. Vol 1. 2

• House of M Vol 1. 3

• Marvel Team-Up Vol 3. 10

• House of M Vol 1. 4 • House of M Vol 1. 5 • House of M Vol 1. 6 • House of M Vol 1. 7

• Moon Knight Vol 5. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 2 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 4 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 5 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 6 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 7

• Civil War: The Initiative Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 5. 8 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 9 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 10 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 11 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 12

• World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1. 5

• Moon Knight Vol 5. 13 • Moon Knight Annual Vol 1. 1

• Triple-A Baseball Heroes Vol 1. 2

• Moon Knight Vol 5. 14 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 15 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 16 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 17 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 18 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 19 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 20 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 21 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 22 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 23

• Hulk Vol 2. 7

• Moon Knight Vol 5. 24

• Hulk Vol 2. 8

• Moon Knight: Silent Knight Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 5. 25

• Hulk Vol 2. 9

• Moon Knight Vol 5. 26 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 27 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 28 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 29 • Moon Knight Vol 5. 30

• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 1 • Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 2 • Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 3 • Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 4 • Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 5 • Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 6 • Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 7

• Mighty Avengers Vol 1. 36

• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 8

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 1

• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 9

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 2

• Shadowland Vol 1. 1

• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 10

• Avengers Academy Vol 1. 2

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 3

• Shadowland Vol 1. 2

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 4

• Shadowland: Moon Knight Vol 1. 1

• Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men Vol 1. 1

• Shadowland Vol 1. 3

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 5

• Shadowland: Moon Knight Vol 1. 2

• Chaos War Vol 1. 1

• Deadpool Vol 4. 28

• Shadowland: Moon Knight Vol 1. 3

• Deadpool Vol 4. 29

• Heroes for Hire Vol 3. 1

• Taskmaster Vol 2. 4

• Shadowland: After the Fall Vol 1. 1

• Klaws of the Panther Vol 1. 4

• Avengers Vol 4. 9

• Secret Avengers Vol 1 9.

• Heroes for Hire Vol 3 3

• Onslaught Unleashed Vol 1. 1

• Avengers Vol 4. 10

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 10

• Onslaught Unleashed Vol 1. 2

• Avengers Vol 4. 11

• Captain America: Hail Hydra Vol 1. 4

• Heroes for Hire Vol 3. 5

• Hawkeye: Blind Spot Vol 1. 3

• Onslaught Unleashed Vol 1. 3 • Avengers Vol 4. 12

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 12.1

• Captain America: Hail Hydra Vol 1. 5

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 1

• Heroes for Hire Vol 3. 7

• Onslaught Unleashed Vol 1. 4

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 2 • Moon Knight Vol 6. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 6. 4

• Daken: Dark Wolverine Vol 1. 13

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 16

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 5

• Daken: Dark Wolverine Vol 1. 14

• Heroes for Hire Vol 3. 12

• Fear Itself: The Deep Vol 1. 4

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 6

• Daken: Dark Wolverine Vol 1. 15

• Avengers Vol 4. 18

• Daken: Dark Wolverine Vol 1. 16

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 7

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 19

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 8

• Marvel Holiday Special Vol 1. 2011

• Avengers Annual Vol 3. 1

• Secret Avengers Vol 1. 21

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 9

• Deadpool Vol 4. 49.1

• Moon Knight Vol 6. 10 • Moon Knight Vol 6. 11 • Moon Knight Vol 6. 12

• X-Men: Legacy Vol 1. 266 • X-Men: Legacy Vol 1. 267

• Avengers Vol 4. 28 • Avengers Vol 4. 32 • Avengers Vol 4. 34

• Age of Ultron Vol 1. 10

• Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 7. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 2 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 3

• Original Sin Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 7. 4

• Original Sin Vol 1. 3 • Original Sin Vol 1. 4

• Moon Knight Vol 7. 5

• Original Sin Vol 1. 5 • Original Sin Vol 1. 6

• Moon Knight Vol 7. 6

• Original Sin Vol 1. 7

• Captain America Vol 7. 24

• Moon Knight Vol 7. 7

• Original Sin Vol 1. 8

• Captain America Vol 7. 25

• Moon Knight Vol 7. 8 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 9 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 10 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 11 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 12 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 13 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 14

• Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 7. 15 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 16 • Moon Knight Vol 7. 17

• Moon Knight Vol 8. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 2 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 4 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 5 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 6 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 7 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 8 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 9 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 10 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 11 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 12 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 13 • Moon Knight Vol 8. 14

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 189 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 190 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 191

• Daredevil Vol 1. 599

• Defenders Vol 5. 10

• Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 192

• Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1. 2

• Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider Vol 1. 15

• Doctor Strange Vol 1. 387

• Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1. 3

• Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider Vol 1. 16

• Daredevil Vol 1. 600

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 193

• Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider Vol 1. 17

• Daredevil Vol 1. 601

• Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1. 4

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 194

• Daredevil Vol 1. 602

• Punisher Vol 2. 224

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 195 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 196

• Daredevil Vol 1. 605

• Deadpool: Assassin Vol 1. 4

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 197 • Moon Knight Vol 1. 198

• Infinity Wars Vol 1. 3

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 199

• Infinity Wars: Sleepwalker Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 1. 200

• Marvel Knights 20th Vol 1. 4

• Marvel Comics Presents Vol 3. 4

• Punisher Vol 12. 14 • Punisher Vol 12. 15

• Moon Knight Annual Vol 2. 1

• Punisher Vol 12. 16

• Contagion Vol 1. 3 • Contagion Vol 1. 4 • Contagion Vol 1. 5

• Conan: Serpent War Vol 1. 1 • Conan: Serpent War Vol 1. 2

• History of the Marvel Universe Vol 2. 6

• Conan: Serpent War Vol 1. 3 • Conan: Serpent War Vol 1. 4

• Avengers Vol 8. 33 • Avengers Vol 8. 34 • Avengers Vol 8. 35 • Avengers Vol 8. 36 • Avengers Vol 8. 37 • Avengers Vol 8. 38 • Avengers Vol 8. 45

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 2 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 3 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 4 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 5

• Infinite Possibilities Infinity Comic Vol 1. 1

• Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man Vol 1. 1

• Devil's Reign Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 6 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 7

• Devil's Reign Vol 1. 4

• Fantastic Four Vol 6. 40 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 9

• Devil's Reign: Moon Knight Vol 1. 1

• Devil's Reign Vol 1. 6

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 10

• Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 11

• Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood Vol 1. 2

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 12

• She-Hulk Vol 4 4

• Fantastic Four Vol 6. 45

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 13

• Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood Vol 1. 3

• Ghost Rider Vol 10. 5

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 14

• Ms. Marvel & Moon Knight Vol 1. 1

• Strange Vol 3. 5

• Damage Control Vol 4. 1

• Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood Vol 1. 4

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 15

• Ms. Marvel & Venom Vol 1. 1

• A.X.E.: Judgment Day Vol 1. 5

• Crypt of Shadows Vol 3. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 16 • Moon Knight Annual Vol 3. 1 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 17

• Mary Jane & Black Cat Vol 1. 1

• Moon Knight Vol 9. 18 • Moon Knight Vol 9. 19

[warrenwoodhouse]

Suits - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Guide (Game Guides) (Guides) (Warren Guides)

Guide by @warrenwoodhouse #warrenwoodhouse

In the order of which they appear in the comics, other, tv series, games and films.

COMIC SUITS

Classic Suit (Peter Parker) (Amazing Fantasy Vol. 1, Issue 15)

Arachknight Suit (Infinity Wars Vol. 1, Issue 3)

Superior Suit (Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1, Issue 700)

Scarlet Spider Suit (Web of Spider-Man Vol. 1, Issue 118)

Spider-Man 2099 Black Suit (Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1, Issue 365)

Scarlet III Suit (Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider Vol. 11, Issue 1)

New Blue Suit (Fantastic Four Vol. 6, Issue 21)

Hellfire Gala 2022 Suit Peter Parker (X-Men: Hellfire Gala Vol. 1, Issue 1)

Hellfire Gala 2023 Suit Miles Morales (Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 1, Issue 8)

Absolute Carnage Suit (Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales Vol. 1, Issue 3)

Dark Ages Suit (Dark Ages Vol. 1, Issue 2)

Best There Is Suit (What If...? Vol. 1, Issue 2)

Crimson Cowl Suit (Thunderbolts Vol. 1, Issue 3)

Family Business Suit (Carnage Reign Vol. 1, Issue 3)

10th Anniversary Suit (Miles Morales Vol. 1, Issue 30)

The End Suit (Miles Morales: The End Vol. 1, Issue 1)

Homemade Suit (Miles Morales) (Spider-Man Annual Vol. 2, Issue 1)

Forever Suit (Black Panther Vol. 8, Issue 5)

Miles Morales 2020 Suit (Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 1, Issue 13)

Shadow-Spider Suit (Champions Vol. 2, Issue 25)

Miles Morales 2099 Suit (Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 1, Issue 12)

Life Story Suit (Peter Parker) (Spider-Man: Life Story Vol. 1, Issue 6)

Life Story Suit (Miles Morales) (Spider-Man: Life Story Vol. 1, Issue 6)

Iron Spider Armor Suit (Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1, Issue 529)

Secret Wars: Civil War Suit (Civil War Vol. 2, Issue 1)

Spider-Punk Suit (Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3, Issue 10)

Last Stand Suit (Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2, Issue 58)

OTHER SUITS

New York ComicCon 2023

Brooklyn 2099 Suit

Kumo Suit

TELEVISION SERIES SUITS

Ultimate Spider-Man (2012-2017)

Animated Suit (Ultimate Spider-Man, Season 3, Episode 11: The Spider-Verse: Part 3)

GAME SUITS

Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018)

Classic Suit (Peter Parker)

Advanced Suit

Anti-Ock Suit

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020)

Classic Suit (Miles Morales)

Sportswear Suit

Purple Reign Suit

Bodega Cat Suit

Programmable Matter Suit

Great Responsibility Suit

Uptown Pride Suit

S.T.R.I.K.E. Suit

T.R.A.C.K. Suit

Advanced Tech Suit

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (2023)

Upgraded Suit (Miles Morales) (complete the mission: Surface Tension)

Advanced 2.0 Suit (complete the mission: Surface Tension)

Most Dangerous Game Suit (complete the mission storyline: Hunter Blinds; Hunter Bases)

City Sounds Suit (complete the mission storyline: Cultural Museum)

Boricua Suit (complete the mission storyline: Brooklyn Visions Academy)

Anti-Venom Suit (complete the mission: Set Things Right)

Black Suit (complete the mission: Good Men ; Together)

Symbiote Suit (complete the mission: It Chose You ; Together)

Classic Black Suit (complete the mission: Anything Can Be Broken)

Saving Lives Suit (complete the mission storyline: The Flame)

Last Hunt Suit (complete the mission storyline: Hunter Blinds; Hunter Bases)

Motorchic Suit

Ginga Suit

Metro Suit

Fly Suit (DLC: Fly ‘n’ Fresh Pack)

Fresh Suit (DLC: Fly ‘n’ Fresh Pack)

Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Suit

Fluro Suit

Evolved Suit (complete the mission: Finally Free)

Life Story Suit (Peter Parker) (complete the mission storyline: EMF Experiments)

Smoke and Mirrors Suit (complete the mission storyline: Mysteriums)

FILM SUITS

Spider-Man (2002)

Webbed Suit

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Webbed Suit

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Webbed Suit

Webbed Black Suit

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Amazing Suit

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Amazing 2 Suit

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Upgraded Classic Suit

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Homemade Suit (Peter Parker)

Upgraded Classic Suit

Iron Spider Suit

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Into the Spider-Verse Suit (Miles Morales)

Into the Spider-Verse Suit (Peter Parker)

Into the Spider-Verse Noir Suit

Into the Spider-Verse SB Suit

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Upgraded Classic Suit

Upgraded Suit

Stealth Suit

The Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Upgraded Suit

Iron Spider Suit

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Upgraded Suit

Iron Spider Suit

Black and Gold Suit

Hybrid Suit

New Red and Blue Suit

Webbed Suit

Amazing 2 Suit

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Across the Spider-Verse Suit

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[mrrubbersuitman]

New Mutants Annual 2, first American Appearance of Betsy Braddock/Psylocke. Regularly $30.00, and sale through the link until 12/22 for $22.50

[tidemoonchild]

Comics I have read:

Amazing Adventures vol. 2 (1970) #11-14

Marvel Team Up 124

Age of X-Man: Alpha/Omega, Prisoner X, The Amazing Nightcrawler

Merry X-Men Holiday Special (2019)

All-New Wolverine (Issues 1-30 & Annual 1)

Ghost Rider (2016) (Issues 1-3)

Hawkeye (2016) (Issue 12)

Astonishing X-Men (2004) 1-42 + Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men (2008)

Secert Invasion (2008) + Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008; only the parts with Abigail + Beast and Wonder Man)

Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter (2009)

Spider-Woman (2009) 1+7

 S.W.O.R.D. (2010) 1-5

Dark Avengers Annual (2010) #1

Heralds (2010) 1-10

 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #535-538

 X-Men: Regenesis (2011)

Uncanny X-Men (2012) #1-10

Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) (complete)

AvX: Consequences (2012) #3-4

Avengers Arena (2013) #3, #18

X-Men: Legacy (2013) #7, #19-24

Cable and X-Force (2013) #8

 Age of Ultron (2013) #10

Avengers Assemble (2012) #16-17

Captain Marvel (2012) #13-14

 Avengers (2013) #15

Guardians of the Galaxy (2013) #8-9

Uncanny Avengers (2012) #7, #9

 Avengers Undercover (2014) #10

 X-Men (2013) #18-22

Spider-Man and the X-Men (2015) #5

Captain Marvel (2016) #1-6

Ultimates (2016) #6

Civil War II: Choosing Sides (2016) #6 [B Story]

Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #11, #17, #19

Star-Lord (2017) #1-2, #4-6

Monsters Unleashed (2017) #2

Old Man Logan (2016) #16, #18

The Mighty Captain Marvel (2016) #0-2, #4-6

Totally Awesome Hulk (2016) #18

Ultimates 2 (2016) #7

[robotsfromtomorrow]

Episode 804: The Greatest Bronze-Age Superman Stories, Part 2

Today’s episode is the second of three looking at the best Superman stories of the Seventies to the mid-Eighties with the DC3Cast’s very own Vince Ostrowski! Vince & Greg dive into what makes the Superman of this era different than his more modern incarnation and start giving you gem after gem of Super-Tales of the post-Silver Age / pre-Crisis Man of Steel. Intercompany crossovers! Intracompany crossovers! History lessons! Horror on a superhero scale! All that plus a REALLY big missile and more on today’s episode!   

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL 

Comics referred to in this episode are:

Superman vs The Amazing Spider-Man

Superman and Spider-Man

World of Krypton #1-3 (of 3)

DC Comics Presents #1-4, 26-29, 36

DC Comics Presents Annual #1

Superman Annual #9

The Phantom Zone #1-4 (of 4)

The Phantom Zone and World of Krypton minis, as well as the DC Comics Presents issues, are available as individual issues on DC Universe Infinite.

Superman Annual #9 is not available digitally or collected in any English-language reprint.

The two DC/Marvel crossovers are also unavailable digitally, though they were reprinted at standard comic book size in both the Crossover Classics vol. 1 collection from 1992 and as individual reprints in 1996. They will both be included in the upcoming DC Versus Marvel Omnibus, and presumably available digitally at some point afterwards.

Check out this episode!

[froggynelson]

THE FOGGY APPEARANCES MASTERPOST

So I decided, after literal years of relying on places like the marvel wiki and comicvine to look for and double check Foggy Nelson's appearances throughout the marvel universe, to go and make a comprehensive list of his appearances outside of the main Daredevil title, counting Daredevil limited series and one off stories, along with cameos and alternate universes. The intention was to streamline the process for myself so i dont have to scour through pages and pages every time I wanna remember which comic that one thing happened, but hey, why not make the process of finding comics easier for people who aren't as deranged as I am? So here I made this post, from a real Fog-head to other Fog-heads out there, listing every issue outside of the Daredevil title (as it is more straightforward to find him, and extremely long to type on this list) he appears in, from barely there cameos to central roles, sorted by whether they are set in Earth 616 or not, and in no particular order. This is simply a list to serve as a guide to find him, it is not a curated list so the quality varies wildly, but I hope you're all as curious as I was to find all the most obscure and niche Foggies out there. Enjoy :)

EDIT 1: The original post had been published without one of my alterations to the draft saving, so if you reblogged it without this edit, the list was missing 14 titles.

616:

Daredevil (1964) Annuals: #1, #2, #3, #4, #8, #9

Daredevil (1998) Annuals: #1

Daredevil: Yellow: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

Daredevil: Redemption: #1, #6

Marvel Graphic Novel: #24 (Daredevil: Love and war)

Daredevil: Cage Match: #1

Daredevil: Man Without Fear (2019): #1, #2, #5

Daredevil: Dark Nights: #3

Shadowland: #5

Shadowland: After the Fall: #1

Black Panther: Man Without Fear: #513, #521, #522

Daredevil vs Punisher: #2

Daredevil/Spider-Man: #2, #3, #4

Punisher Kill Krew: #2, #3, #4, #5

Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock: #2

Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula: #1

Daredevil: Reborn: #3, #4

Daredevil: Father: #1, #2, #5, #6

Daredevil/Deadpool: Annual '97

Devil's Reign: #3, #4

Devil's Reign Omega: #1

Elektra Lives Again: #1

Dark Reign: Elektra: #2

Uncanny Origins: #13

Power Man and Iron Fist (1978): #77

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963): #16, #42, #43, #65, #218, #429, #438

Spectacular Spider-Man (1978): #240, #242, #250

Spider-Man (1990): #75

Spider-Man Unlimited (1993): #13

Spider-Man/Kingpin: To the Death: #1

Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Annual '97

Uncanny X-Men (1963): #46

The New Warriors: #21, #23, #24, #25

Marvels: #2

Captain Universe: Daredevil

White Tiger: #1

Marvel Fanfare (1982): #1, #27

Marvel Team-up (1972): #25, #107, #141

Marvel Team-up (2004): #9

Marvel Two in one (1974): #37, #38, #78

Marvel Age: Annual #1

Avengers (1998): #26

New Avengers (2005): #1, #2, #3

Iron Man (1968): #35, #327, #328

Iron Man (1998): #1

Captain America (1968): #234

The Incredible Hulk (1968): #153

Superior Iron Man: #3

Ka-Zar (1997): #15, #17

Over the Edge: #6, #10

Silver Sable and the Wild Pack: #23, #28

Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History: #6

Onslaught: Marvel Universe: #1

X-Man: #21

Fantastic Four (1961): Annual #3

Fantastic Four (1998): #35, #47, #48

Fantastic Four: The Wedding Special 2006: #1

Thunderstrike (1993): #16

Spider-Man/Black Cat: #4

The Marvel Saga: #1, #13

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Daredevil 2004: #1

Marvel Encyclopedia: #5

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Update '89: #5

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: #8

OTHER UNIVERSES:

Daredevil Noir: #1, #3, #4

Daredevil: End of days: #1, #5, #8

Daredevil: Man Without Fear (1992): #2, #3, #4, #5

Daredevil: Season One (2012): #1

Spider Gwen (2015, vol. 1): #1

Spider Gwen (2015, vol 2): #9, #20, #21, #22, #24, #27, #33

Powerless: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5

Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra: #1, #2, #3, #4

Ultimate Elektra: #1, #2

Ultimate Spider-Man (2000): #109, Annual #2

Survive!: #1

The Ultimates 2: #3

Spidey Super Stories: #43, #50

Marvel Adventures Super Heroes: #9

Marvel Age Spider-Man: #15

Not Brand Echh (1967): #2, #4, #9

What the--?!: #3, #11

Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham: #7

Marvel Hostess ads vol.1 #7

Secret Wars, too: #1

Secret Wars: Secret love: #1

Dark Ages: #2

Marvel Knights: 20th: #1

Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects: #2

Avengers Halloween Special: #1

Contest of Champions (2015): #4

1602: #1

1872: #2

Paradise X: #10

Marvels X: #2

What if? Daredevil: #1

What if? Daredevil vs Elektra: #1

What if Karen Page had lived?: #1

What if? (1977): #8, #35, #38

What if...? (1989): #26, #73, #89, #102, #105

Spider Girl: #0, #17, #63, #74, #82, #85

Spider-Man: Chapter One: #9

Mutant X: Annual #3

Daredevil/Batman: #1

Daredevil/Shi: #1

Daredevil: The Movie Adaptation: #1

Sins of Sinister: #1

[docgold13]

365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

August 9th - Genis Vell

Following the death of the Kree hero known as Mar-Vell, his one time lover Elysius felt compelled to create a son so to continue the mantle of Captain Marvel.  With the aide of Titanian science, Elysius acquired a sample of Mar-Vell's genetic material and used it to conceive a child.  

Elysius gave birth to a son whom she named Genis.  To protect this child from Captain Marvel's many enemies, Elysius had Genis artificially aged to maturity and taken to an isolated world where he would be safe from harm. Upon discovering his true lineage, Genis donned wristlets modeled after the Nega-Bands worn by his father and was determined to carry on his father's heroic tradition as a super hero.  He originally named himself ‘Legacy’ but would late claim his father’s title as Captain Marvel.

When Mar-Vell’s former partner, Rick Jones discovered that his ‘Destiny powers’ had resurfaced, he and Genis became pawns in a time-spanning conflict known as the Destiny War. At the culmination of this war, Captain Marvel became bonded Jones, a process which triggered his latent Cosmic Awareness.

Genis and Rick were stuck in a situation wherein only one could exist in reality at once; with the other transported to the Negative Zone.  The two had to effective share time in reality, regularly oscillating back and forth from the Negative Zone (and later The Microverse (otherwise known as the Quantum Realm)).

Following many adventures, Genis and Rick were ultimately separated thus allowing Genis to venture on his own.  He had gained his father’s original Nega-Bands and managed to absorb the bands into himself becoming incredibly powerful.  The power corrupted Genis and he could have destroyed reality had he not been stopped by The Thunderbolts who apparently killed Genis by banishing him to the Darkforce Dimension.  

Years later, Genis returned to life through unknown means and was released from the control of Vox Supreme by an alternate reality version of his sister, Phyla-Vell.  Genis subsequently joined forces with several heroes to defeat Vox Supreme.  

The hero first appeared in the pages of Silver Surfer Vol. 1 Annual #6 (1993).  

[northoftheroad]

Supposedly, prior to his 90s Nightwing run, what happened to the Flying Graysons really affect Dick's demeanor and attitude to an extent to say how what happened to Bruce's parents affects him. (You know the whole 'My Parents are Dead' shtick) As in Dick usually doesn't have as much thought boxes and inner thoughts in which either talk of the 'accident' or how his parents were different in raising him in comparison to Bruce.

An example I can think of was probably Robin Annual #4, which granted was the Post Zero Hour origin book so it kinda bit makes sense Dick talks a great deal of how much his misses Mary and John. A more poignant example though I think would during an issue in Devin Grayson's run in which we have mirror panels of John and Bruce in their way dealt whenever Dick got picked on at school or made a mistake on the job (for John, missing the trapeze bar and with Bruce nearly letting criminal get killed on during a battle)

Is this anything of analysis we can gather from these examples or am I just misreading and misremembering all of it?

There were at least some Bronze Age Robin stories where Dick thought about his parents’ deaths. (And of course his thoughts when he became Nightwing.) Besides, I don't think Bruce was hung up on his parents before the 70s, either. Both of them went through the Golden and Silver Ages without much of an orphan issue. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think it's just a question of changing fashion in comic book writing. I bet Marvel's angsty heroes (from 1961 and forward) impacted writing over at DC. Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson were of course prime blank slates to write on, since they already had tragic backstories that had hardly been explored.

Batman vol 1 # 256 (1974)

World’s Finest # 200 (1971)

Batman vol 1 # 339 (1981)

Tales of the Teen Titans # 44 (1984)

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"HI! I'M DAKOTA NORTH. MY JOB IS TO PROTECT CHIC PEOPLE IN DANGER."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on two "Dakota North Investigations" Vol. 1 Paper dolls/pin-ups/house ads by Marvel Comics, written by Martha Thomases, with artwork by Tony Salmons, from "Marvel Age Annual" Vol. 1 #2. August, 1986. Marvel Comics Group.

EXTRA INFO: "Dakota North Investigations" Vol. 1 Paper Doll cut-outs, also doubling as promotional advertisements for the "Dakota North" Vol. 1 limited comic book series, c. 1986. Artwork by series co-creator Tony Salmons. Colors by Gerry Turnbull.

Sources: https://x.com/chrisarrant/status/1493963511436922891 & Flickr.

[humanveil]

What are your top five Marvel comics?

are you ready for my atrocious taste... full disclosure most of these are my favourites because i like, really love one scene my fave is in and that's it. also i can feel myself forgetting one but i don't know what, so..

the trial of magneto. the original uncanny x-men #200 comic, not the recent series, that was shit. but the 1984 version is my most beloved.

new avengers 2013 annual. probably my fave doctor strange comic ever, the art is fucking gorgeous. also possibly the new avengers 2013 vol as a whole, just cause personally i love stephen's journey, but i don't care about the rest of it that much, so maybe not.

magneto testament. heartbreaking but i have a soft spot for it because it's one of the first proper magneto comics i read. also i think it's integral to understanding erik's character.

doctor strange & doctor doom: triumph and torment. okay maybe not the best story, but the art!!!! the art!!!! also the bit with victor and cynthia at the end is in my top marvel moments of all time like doctor doom's relationship with his mother is something that can be soooooo personal.

i am so tempted to put star wars age of resistance general hux #1 here completely unironically but i think the answer has to be secret wars for no other reason than that god emperor doom fucks hard.

[imperiuswrecked]

Is there a tradeback of Namor that a newbie like me could check out?

I would suggest bypassing the Golden Age & Silver Age unless you enjoy that era of comic telling and begin with:

Saga of the Sub-Mariner

- A 12 issue limited series that is narrated by Namor as he tells of his life from the Golden Age > Silver Age > Bronze Age and ends just before the 90s began.

If you want a very easy beginner's guide to Namor, I made this graphic you can save and it breaks up Namor into easier to read sections depending on the era you want to read him in.

Just add King in Black: Namor (2020) & Marvels Snapshots: Sub-Mariner

That series and one shot comic hadn't come out when I made this guide. They're both great!

However if you want a more in depth look at the past here are the collections Namor is featured in:

Golden Age Collections:

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics

- Collects Golden Age Namor beginning with Marvel Comics #1 & Marvel Mystery Comics #2

Everett's work is also found in Marvel Masterworks, but it was collected separately as well very recently.

Bill Everett the Pre-War years

- Collects Namor by Bill Everett before Everett went off to serve in WWll

Bill Everett the Post-War years

- Collects Namor by Bill Everett after his return.

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners

Silver Age Collections:

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner

- This is all you need for all his Silver Age glory. Including Daredevil #7, all of Tales to Astonish, and the entire The Sub-Mariner (1968) series.

Epic Sub-Mariner collects Namor's Silver Age introduction & guest starring: Fantastic Four (1961) 4, 6, 9, 14, 27, 33; Fantastic Four Annual (1963) 1; Strange Tales (1951) 107, 125; Avengers (1963) 3-4; X-Men (1963) 6; Daredevil (1964) 7, Tales to Astonish (1959) 70-76

Essential Sub-Mariner is basically the same as Epic Sub-Mariner: Daredevil #7, Tales to Astonish #70-101, Tales of Suspense #80, Iron Man & the Sub-Mariner #1, and Sub-Mariner (1968) #1

Basically you can just read his Early Guest Starring appearances as one off comics, you don't need to get Essential & Epic because it repeats.

Namor's Bronze Age Comics were never collected as all he did during that era was go from book to book.

Modern Age Collections:

Bryne/Lee 90's Collection

- Collects Namor, the Sub-Mariner (1990) 1-40, Annual 1-2; Incredible Hulk Annual 18; Silver Surfer Annual 5, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual 2.

As of this posting they have not collected the entire 90s.

Sub-Mariner Initiative or Sub-Mariner Revolution is the same 6 issue mini series (don't know why it got two names) published in 2007. I can't recall if it's in a trade.

Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 & 2 collects the 2010 series in 2 parts.

King in Black: Namor is the most recent 5 issue miniseries and it is collected in a trade.

If you need specific issue help please let me know!

[tomatograter]

I remember you mentioning after wandavision ended that it was nice, but it could never be like a vision run (i assume it's vision volume 2 from 2016) and i wanted to ask if you recommend to read it instead of watching wandavision and if you have any other marvel runs you could recommend?

I was referring to Vision (2015)! The whole run encompasses vol 1 & 2, but what that means is that they’re 12 issues of the same story. Naming conventions with comics can get confusing pretty fast.

At its core, its a pretty different story from the TV show - Vision builds a family for himself because he wants to be a real person, Scarlet witch is and has been his ex for ages, and the second protagonist is his wife, Virginia. Truth to be told i’m not really sure if the comic works for people who don’t have a general idea of the story of the universe, it’s not one of these things where you need to have read everything to do with these characters prior; but it references a lot of old events and traumatic breaks as a way to contextualize the future. (Specially the family origins of Vision, who’s related to him and how, who influenced his brain patterns, etc, they still try to explain it as the story goes forward but i figure if you’re not familiar with some of the obscure characters it doesn’t carry the same punch? It’s a pretty self contained story though.)

Still, I like it a lot and it does what Wandavision intended to do without making it excessively paint-the-numbers hollywoodian by the end. It’s not a story about grief, though, the focus on Vision is alienation and how traditional communities vilify and reject the unconventional. 

In terms of Marvel runs... comics are really a personalized thing. It depends on what kind of stories you want to read/ what genres/ what subjects, because tone varies a LOT.

I tend to recommend the era where Jane Foster is Mighty Thor a lot for people who like epic superhero stuff but also want some examination on a personal level, like ‘what makes us human’, faith, mortality, etc, its one of the marvel runs that tells a whole story to the end, you don’t miss a lot by not reading all of the tie-ins and side comic appearances (important!), and Jane makes for a pretty good character as someone who has to choose between Being Thor or Treating herself for a cancer that’s been eating her up, but may not ever go away.

It goes in this order:

Thor (2014) >  The Mighty Thor (2015) 

If you see ‘annual’ issues listed on these runs, leave them for later! They’re end-of-the-year story anthologies, start with the first number.

I believe these can be seen as their own thing, but Jane’s story carries onto some other things:

The Unworthy Thor (2016, optional, comes in the middle of the previous run and you’ll see when it’s mentioned) ==>  Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla (optional, sets up last event) ==> Thor (2018), also optional as it follows the other Thor, but continuity and such ==> War of the Realms (This is an event book, meaning there’s a lot off spinoffs - i don’t consider a lot of them to be necessary UNLESS you find yourself actually caring for asgardian lore. In that case those books flesh out the side cast.)

If you want a really thorough dive of things she’s in during her time as Thor for any reason, my friend Mercedes made this thread guide: [ LINK ]

Also, if you do end up caring for asgardians, you may like Angela, Thor’s berserker angel sister who’s a huge lesbian in love with a transfemme angel enchantress named Sera (canonically) They’re in an on-and-off relationship but it’s still good. She was a character acquired by marvel from another publisher so completely disregard prior stuff.

Angela: Asgard's Assassin  ==>  1602 Witch Hunter Angela is an optional Fantasy AU story (yes really, it’s exactly like fanfic) also featuring Sera and it’s written by the same author who did Asgard’s Assassin. ==> end with Angela: Queen Of Hel.  

These are her solo series! She has minor appearances in loads of other stuff including events but these are the big ones :)

[comicbooknetwork]

KYLE RAYNER READING GUIDE

Under the cut you will find descriptions of the series and arcs listed on the graphics above.

GREEN LANTERN

vol.3 48-181 [ Kyle’s whole run as the last Green Lantern ]

vol.5 20, 24, annual 2, annual 3 [ Kyle’s various appearances in the New 52 GL run ]

GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH

1-6 [ reintroduces Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps to the DC Universe, following Kye’s run as Green Lantern ]

GREEN LANTERN CORPS: RECHARGE

1-5 [ Kyle, Guy Gardner, and Kilowog lead a new generation of Lanterns ]

GREEN LANTERN CORPS

vol.2 19-63 [ Kyle joins the GLC following the Sinestro Corps War event ]

vol.3 24, annual 1 [ Kyle’s various appearances in the New 52 GLC run ]

JLA

vol.1 1-60 [ Kyle joining the JLA ]

vol.1 66-76 [ obsidian age arc as well as Kyle leaving JLA ]

GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS

vol.1 0-40 [ Kyle’s New 52 series. From issue #16, Kyle becomes the White Lantern ]

THE OMEGA MEN

vol.3 1-12 [ Kyle as the White Lantern is the Omega Men’s prisoner ]

HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS

vol.1 9-50 [ Rebirth GLC run ]

TITANS

vol.3 31-36 [ Kyle joins the Titans ]

ION: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE

vol.1 1-12 [ following the events of Infinite Crisis, series follows Kyle with new powers and abilities stronger than any other Lantern before him ]

GREEN LANTERN/SILVER SURFER

vol.1 #1 [ a marvel crossover issue ]

HITMAN

vol.1 10-12 [ small arc with Kyle ending up working with Tommy Monaghan ]

GREEN LANTERN: HERO’S QUEST

Not a comic, but a novel revolving around Kyle getting the ring and becoming a member of the Justice League

SINESTRO CORPS WAR

Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War TPB [ Sinestro has gathered a large army that the GLC must fight against ] [ I suggest reading the TPB because it collects the key issues in the event ]

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1 [ This is the event where Kyle is taken over by Parallax ]

BLACKEST NIGHT

Blackest Night 0-8 [ heroes and villains come back from the dead, being turned into an army of undead Black Lanterns ] [ the TPBs are easier to read events, so I will be listing the TPB versions of the comics ]

Blackest Night: Green Lantern [ collects Green Lantern 43-52 ]

Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps [ collects Green Lantern Corps 39-47 ]

Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps [ collects Tales of the Corps 1-3, Adventure Comics 4-5 ]

Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1 [ collects Blackest Night: Batman 1–3, Blackest Night: Superman 1–3, and Blackest Night: Titans 1–3 ]

Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2 [ collects Blackest Night: Wonder Woman 1-3, Blackest Night: JSA 1-3, and Blackest Night: Flash 1-3 ]

Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lantern [ collects Shazam! 48, Catwoman 83, Question 37, Phantom Stranger 42, Western Tales 71, Atom & Hawkman 46, Adventure Comics 7, Green Arrow 30, Starman 81 ]

WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS

Green Lantern: War of the Green Lanterns TPB [ force takes all the Green Lantern power batteries, leaving the Corps powerless except for a select few. Story revolves around Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Sinestro ] [ I suggest reading the TPB because it collects the key issues in the event ]